[Ubuntu] Re: Thuban is crap get it out of the repo or fix it

[Alan Boudreault]

That package should be fixed in debianGIS to be in the next ubuntu 
release. But it would be nice if someone would make the fix for 
debianGIS and modify it for the ubuntuGIS PPA.

Thanks
Alan

Cameron Shorter wrote:
> Thanks Alex,
>
> Any chance you could fix this? Let me know if I need to set up 
> privileges for you to do this.
>
> Alex Mandel wrote:
>> The likely fix is:
>> sudo apt-get install python-wxgtk2.6 libwxgtk2.6
>>
>> Chances are Thuban didn't include the libraries as a required
>> dependency, and the default install of Ubuntu now use 2.8.
>> But there is no problem with installing multiple versions.
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>  
>>> Is anyone on the ubuntu list familiar with this issue described by
>>> sabacon10, and able to help him out?
>>>
>>> sabacon10, you may need to provide a more detailed report in order to
>>> help locate the issue.
>>>
>>>
>>> sabacon10 wrote:
>>>    
>>>> Get your acts together, this Thuban package have been in the
>>>> repositories for ages giving this nonsense trouble.
>>>>
>>>> *******************************************************
>>>>  The following version errors were detected:
>>>>      Thuban was compiled with wx 2.6.3 but wxPython is 2.8.8.0
>>>> *******************************************************
>>>> Why on gods green earth a package like that is in the repositories it
>>>> does not work!!!  Have you people not tested it? even if there is a
>>>> workaround this should not be happening makes the Ubuntu distribution
>>>> and Linux in general look very bad.
>>>>         
>>>     
>>
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